Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Performer: Original Soundtrack
Engineer: Carlos Paucar; Dabling Harward; John Pirretti; Glen Marchese; Bob "Bassy" Bob Brackmann; David Robbins; Sola; Chip Karpells; Arnold Wolfe; Joe Caldas; Jim Gaines; Kenji Shimoda; Lester Mendez; Michael C. Ross; Andres Levin; Ron Taylor; Jake Davies
Producer: Damon Thomas; Harvey Mason, Jr.; Jazze Pha; Jerry Duplessis; Lester Mendez; Manny Benito; Andres Levin; Angel "Cucco" Pena; Rudy Perez; Wyclef Jean; Clive Davis (Compilation)
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Performers include: Mya, Black Eye Peas, Wyclef, Santana, Jazze Pha & Monica, Heather Headley, Shawn Kane. Personnel: Rashawn Ross (vocals, trumpet); Andres Levin (vocals, keyboards, programming); Pedro Martinez (vocals, congas, bongos, percussion); H�ctor Buitrago (vocals, programming); Cucu Diamantes, Hiram Riven Medina, Don Divino, Andrea Echeverri, Xiomara Laugart, Heather Headley (vocals); Vinicius Cantuaria (guitar, pandeiro, surdo, tambourine); Dan Warner, George Pajon, Alejandro G�mez C�ceras, Michael Hart Thompson , Marc Ribot, Carlos Santana (guitar); Ahmed Barroso (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Pablo DeLa Loza (acoustic guitar); Carlos Franco (requinto); Ocavio Kotan (tres); Alfredo de la Fe (violin); Dave Valentin (flute); Ed Calle, Ron Blake (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Jason Carder, Jim Hacker (trumpet); John Kricker (trombone); Jesus Jorge (horns); Greg Phillinganes (piano); Lester Mendez, Ron Harris, Rudy P�rez (keyboards, programming); Skoota (drums, surdo); Lee Levin, Teddy Campbell (drums); Horacio "El Negro" Hern�ndez (timbales); Agustin Pantoja, Karl Perazzo, Richard Bravo (percussion); Rob Herrera, Havana Hustlers, Tony Maserati (programming); DJ Broccolli (turntables); LaTavia Parker, Jenilee Reyes, Descemer Bueno (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Manny Marroquin; Bob "Bassy" Bob Brackmann; Joe Caldas; Andy Grassi; Serban Ghenea; Tim Latham; Tony Maserati. Recording information: A.I.R. Studios, London, England; Cocoa-Butt, Culver City, CA; Cubejam, Miami, FL; Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA; Fun Machine Studios; North Bay Recording Studios, Miami, FL; Platinum Sound Recording Studios, New York, NY; Royaltone Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Sho'nuff Studios, Atlanta, GA; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; the Record Plant, Hollywood, CA. Editor: Dabling Harward. Arrangers: Lester Mendez; Angel "Cucco" Pe�a; Ron Harris; Rudy P�rez. The soundtrack to 1987's Dirty Dancing was an enormous hit, reaching number one on the Billboard charts and launching three Top Ten hits, including Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes' chart-topping duet "(I've Had) The Time of My Life." The soundtrack to its belated sequel-cum-remake, 2004's Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, is not likely to enjoy a similar fate. A collection of Latin-flavored pop, R&B, hip-hop, and dance, the album may be more stylistically unified than the original's soundtrack, but ironically, it plays like a hodgepodge -- a collection of leftovers, tossed-off new songs, and filler. While nothing here is unpleasant -- although Black Eyed Peas' ridiculous "Dirty Dancing" comes close, thanks to its chorus refrain of "I just want to be dancing/Dirty, dirty dancing" -- nobody is at their best, and after a while, it all blends together, sounding as if it's all variations on two Cuban-flavored grooves. To be blunt, it never rises above the level of background music, and while that might work for some movies, when it's a movie about the danger and sexiness of music and dance, you need a soundtrack with much more spark than this. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine The soundtrack to 1987's Dirty Dancing was an enormous hit, reaching number one on the Billboard charts and launching three Top Ten hits, including Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes' chart-topping duet "(I've Had) The Time of My Life." The soundtrack to its belated sequel-cum-remake, 2004's Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, is a collection of Latin-flavored pop, R&B, hip-hop, and dance. More stylistically unified than the original's soundtrack, it blends together and sounds like variations on Cuban-flavored grooves. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Not quite a sequel to the original DIRTY DANCING film, DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS is a retelling of the same basic story, but this time set in 1958 Cuba, just before the revolution. You might expect the soundtrack to be full of period music, perhaps as realized by the likes of Ibrahim Ferrer and his cohorts, but instead it's full of modern pop/R&B/hip-hop tracks, mostly sporting a Hispanic flavor. Latin-popsters Yerba Buena and hip-hop group Orishas are pretty much the only representatives of Cuba, most of the disc being occupied by US artists. The Black Eyed Peas deliver a rap-laden title track, while Christina Aguilera touches on her Hispanic heritage to deliver the Spanish-language ballad "El Beso Del Final." Rounding out the collection, Shawn Kane contributes a modernized version of the Sam Cooke classic "You Send Me," providing a link from the 2004 DIRTY DANCING to the vintage-R&B feel of the original movie.

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